John grimberg



J. GRIMBERG.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. my

Patented N 0v. 4, 1919.

A TTORNEYS JOHN GRIIMBEBG, or New roan, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Application filed October 19, 1917. Serial No. 197,999.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GRHIBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of 9 which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 9

This invention relates to garment hangers, especially hangers of the type in which the edge of the garment, say the bottom edges of a pair of trousers, or the waistband of a skirt, are engaged by a pair of clips. The chief object of the invention is to provide a hanger which will automatically adjust itself to the width of the garment, so that the user merely has to insert the garment in the clips and hang it up, the weight of the garment then causing the arms of the hanger to spread apart. This puts a slight tension 0 11 the garment edge, thereby stretching out any wrinkles that may exist. To this and other ends the invention consists of the novel features and combinations hereinafter described.

In its preferred form my improved hanger comprises two depending arms joined together at one end and maklng an angle of any convenient extent, say about 120. At the point of juncture a hook or other device is provided by which the hanger can be suspended. Each arm is made in two sections,

' which telescope together longitudinally, and

trated in the annexed made,

at the outer end of each telescoping or sliding section is a clip by which the garment edge can be grasped. V

The embodiment outlined above is illusdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view showing the hanger with a garment, in the present instance a pair of trousers, suspended therefrom. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail cross sections, on a somewhat larger scale, taken on lines 22 and 3-3 respectively and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail cross section on line Fig. 5 is a side view of a convenient clip for gripping the garment.

he hanger illustrated, which is the preferred form of the invention, comprises three pieces of wire of suitable gage, length,

and stiffness. One of the pieces is bent in the middle to form the hook 10 for suspending the hanger Below the hook a twist is as indicated at 11, and the two arms- 1s equal to or less 12 are spread to inverted V-form at an angle of about 120. At their outer ends the arms are bent transversely t0 the shape of the numeral 8, as shown in Fig. 2 p vidmg upper and lower guides 13,

of wire to elongated U-shape. their bends embrace the pivots of 16 and their legs pass through 13, 14;, and at their ends are bent transversely to form eyes 17 which embrace the fixed arms and slide freely thereon.

he clips 16 may be of any convenient type, example the common clothesthe clips said guides or pin clip with jaws made of strong wood and connected by a spring hinge. This type, illustrated in Fig. 5, has a stiff spring embracing the jaws of the clip, with an inner pivot-portion 17 between the jaws.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the garment is gripped by the clips the weight of the formertends to pull the clips down They cannot, however, move held substantially vertical at all times. It will also be seen that in attaching the hanger to the garment it is only'necessary to push the telescoping sections in until the distance between the clips than the width of the garment. Then when the hanger is hung up the clips automatically separate to the proper distance.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the construction herein specifically illustrated but can be embodied in other. forms without departure from its spirit.

I claim 1. In a garment hanger, in combination, a piece of wire bent to inverted V-form providing a pair of angularly spaced arms, the ends of said arms being bent transversely of more than slight rocking movement in the plane of the hanger but are and having their inner ends'bent' to form ing arms composed of sections capable of eyes embracing the said arms, and means longitudinal sliding movement relatively to carried by the sliding sections to hold a gareach other the outer sections'having upper ment. and lower members parallel to the direction 2. A garment hanger comprising a pair of the'sliding movement of said outer secof depending telescoping arms arranged in tions, and verticalv clips carried by said angular relation and composed of sections outer sections, each clip comprising coopercapable of longitudinal sliding movement ating jaws and a spring engaging the jaws,

relatively to each other, and means carried the spring having an inclined pivot portion 10" by one of the sections of each arm for holdbetween the jaws and arranged between the ing a garment, whereby the weight of the upper and lower members of the outer slidlatter tends to draw the arms outwardly and ing section to maintain the clip in vertical downwardly. position.

3. In a garment hanger, in combination, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 15 a pair of laterally and downwardly eXtend- JOHN GRIMBERG.

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